[News + Random] This Week The Trend (28 Aug – 03 Sep)

Post rock chillwaves pg.lost wIll be here again tomorrow night! This is possibly the last international post tock gig at Hidden Agenda… Let’s spend a quiet evening together with some lovely, melancholic instrumental tunes at this urban oasis.

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TONIGHT! Taiwan black / folk metal veterans Bloody Tyrant will bring their fierce music to Hong Kong for a sweat-soaked Saturday night party! Black Night Red Sky, Pave the Path and Synergy will be sharing the stage with BT earlier. Don’t miss this amazing event ‘cause this will be the last few metal events at Hidden Agenda before it is gone…

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Earlier this year, The Ghost Inside’s drummer Andrew Tkaczyk revealed he had lost his leg in the band’s car crash in last November. Yesterday Andrew shared a clip of him learning how to drum again with a prosthetic leg. RESPECT!

Slayer have released a teaser for their forthcoming video, Pride In Prejudice. It’s the third instalment of their video trilogy for their latest album, Repentless. It follows the You Against You promo, which launched in March, and once again features Machete star Danny Trejo – who also appeared in the video for Repentless – the first part of the trilogy. The full video for Pride In Prejudice is expected over the coming days. (via metalhammer)

Bring Me The Horizon frontman Oli Sykes and keyboardist Jordan Fish will climb Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at Southampton Hospital, where Fish’s 4-day-old son is treated at. Fish shared an emotional post detailing his son Eliot’s recovery for brain hemorrhage. Hope Elliot will get well soon. You can donate to the event at this link >justgiving.com/fundraising/JordanandOli

Memphis May Fire release new song “Carry On” off their 4th album, This Light I Hold, out on October 28. According to Alternative Press, frontman Matty Mullins says “I feel like we took a giant step forward with this album. Having time off to write and not being rushed in the studio made such a massive difference. Musically, lyrically, sonically, this is my favorite Memphis May Fire album. We can’t wait to share with you This Light I Hold!”

In Flames reveal lyric video for “The End”. The song is taken from their 12th album, Battles, out November 11. The band said to Decibel Magazine, “It’s not like we’re coming out with something completely different, but at the same time it’s still new. If they already like In Flames, they will like it—and if they don’t like In Flames already, they still might like it. I’m very proud of it and hopefully people will be as well.”

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收到 Meshuggah 的新作真的非常雀躍！樂團剛發布了依舊殘暴和精彩的新歌 Born in Dissonance，作為即將推出的新專輯 The Violent Sleep of Reason 作預吿。樂隊解釋說：「歌曲與聖經啟示錄有關，那個上帝歸來把一切帶回起點、把正義的帶到天堂的想法。這曲意念就像是追著我們的怪物，或者是朝向地球飛馳而來的小行星。對我來說，『末日』是個古怪的難題，因為虔誠的人都會感到害怕，反而其他人會對此表示歡迎。」

Meshuggah released a brutal, mind blown new song “Born in Dissonance,” taken from their upcoming The Violent Sleep of Reason. The band explained, “It ties in with the Biblical Apocalypse, the idea of a deity coming back to undo it all and taking to heaven the ones who are righteous. It’s about a monster that’s coming for us, or maybe an asteroid hurtling towards the earth. It’s always been a weird conundrum for me how some people, even devout people, fear the Apocalypse whilst others welcome it. I’ve never understood that.”

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[NEWS] Pop Music Gets Metal!?

One of today’s most talk-about entertainment news must be the MTV Video Music Awards. What does it have to do with the metal world? Well, during Rihanna’s performances at the 2016 MTV VMAs, a giant death metal styling of her name flashed across the screen when she was singing the pop hit “Bitch Better Have My Money” 🤔

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Finch 憑2002年推出的 What It Is To Burn 專輯進佔主流樂壇，當中不乏燴炙人口的舊作如 Letters To You 和 Post Script 等，主題多圍繞青春焦慮和絕望情感。樂團兩年前曾來港演出，同時推出新專輯 Back To Oblivion。

With 2002’s breakthrough album, What Is It To Burn, Finch successfully won millions of emo hearts. It remains as one of their most well-known release featuring classics like “Letters To You” and “Post Script”, with major lyrical theme about teenage angst and life experience. The band performed in Hong Kong as part of their promotional tour for their latest album “Back To Oblivion.”

Saosin was formed in California in 2003 and released their first EP, Translating The Name, the same year. The rockers announced reunion 2 years ago with founding member, original vocalist Anthony Green, who left the band and later formed Circa Survive. He has recorded the debut EP Translating The Name including their most known song “Seven Years.”

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Story Of The Year 2000年在聖路易斯成立。他們的音樂偏向後硬核、Emo和另類搖滾。他們彭2004年首張專輯 Page Avenue 打入主流，裏面的單曲如 Until the Day I Die 和 Anthem of Our Dying Day 成為當年經典，其中 Anthem 視頻更是由 Linkin Park 的 Joe Hahn 所執導。

Story of the Year was founded in St. Louis in 2000. Their music was ranging from post-hardcore and emo alternative. They achieved commercial success with their debut album (2004), Page Avenue, featuring popular singles “Until the Day I Die” and “Anthem of Our Dying Day”, which the video filmed and directed by Joe Hahn of Linkin Park.